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  • Why Are So Many Protestant Students Converting to Catholicism?

    Why Are So Many Protestant Students Converting to Catholicism?

    The pursuit of truth has a great deal to do with it.

    It was brisk last weekend in College Station, Texas, but the weather did nothing to deter students from packing into St. Mary’s Catholic Center, which serves Aggie Catholics at Texas…

  • Too Many Dogs Are Eating Too Much Homework

    Too Many Dogs Are Eating Too Much Homework

    Students rely on trivial excuses to avoid academic responsibility—universities must stop accepting them.

    “I’m not going to be in class today because I have to take my dog to the vet.” “I will miss the exam for a family vacation. How do I…

  • 75% of Truman Scholarship Reviewers are Democrats

    75% of Truman Scholarship Reviewers are Democrats

    The lopsided panels help explain a decade of scarce conservative winners.

    Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the College Fix on April 7, 2026. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Democrats dominate…

  • What ChatGPT Is Doing to Student Writing

    What ChatGPT Is Doing to Student Writing

    Today’s students can write a perfect sentence that says absolutely nothing.

    I’ve been editing college application essays for about 10 years now. Every year, I encounter a broad array of writing abilities, ranging from high school seniors who submit fifth-grade-level essays…

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  • A White-Collar Trade School?

    A White-Collar Trade School?

    A view that college should prepare students for immediate employment is now mainstream across America.
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    Is College Dead—or Just Changing?

    An ed-tech executive argues higher education must adapt to AI as students and institutions prioritize job-market returns.
  • A Market Test

    A Market Test

    Degrees that don’t deliver face a federal cutoff—just as the job market grows less forgiving.
  • That’s Not Good

    That’s Not Good

    A weak job market awaits recent graduates—and young men are feeling the contraction most.